🐕Dhole
الدول أو الدُّئِل أو الدُّؤُل (الاسم العلمي: Cuon alpinus) هو من فصيلة الكلبيات يوجد في وسط وجنوب شرق آسيا، ويسمى أيضاً الكلب البري الآسيوي والكلب البري الهندي والذئب الأحمر، وكلب الدول قريب وراثياً من الكلبيات ضمن جنس الكلب، على الرغم من أن جمجمته محدبة بدل أن تكون مقعرة الشكل وتفتقر إلى الضرس الثالث السفلي، والأضراس العلوية واحدة فقط بدل 2-4. الكلب البري الآسيوي يرجع أصله إلى آسيا ويعتبر على مشارف الانقراض، وهو يعتبر من الحيوانات الإجتماعية التي تقوم بإصدار نغمات معروفة ومميزة من أجل التواصل مع باقي المجموعة، وهو يعد من الحيوانات المفترسة التي تعتبر مهيمنة بشدة.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 16 kg
- Body length
- 1.06 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.46 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Dhole
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass16 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 16 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.06 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Shoulder height0.46 m0.42–0.5 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
'Length of head and body is 88 to 113 cm, length of tail, 41 to 50 cm, height, 42 to 50 cm.' The account says 'height' in a body-measurement series, i.e. height at shoulder. Midpoint of the published range. Verified against the account PDF (OCR of p. 1).
Source: Cohen 1978, Cuon alpinus, Mammalian Species 100:1-3, p. 1, https://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-100-01-0001.pdf · see citation
Brain mass98 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.59 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 61 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range34 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.32 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l16 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Dhole yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCuon
- ›speciesCuon alpinus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusCuon
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusCuon
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